JAY — To hear Josephine Bizier tell it, she and her husband never once considered keeping the money. What money, you ask? Why, the $6,000 they found Thursday afternoon in the Hannaford parking lot. “Was it that much?” Josephine asked Friday, as the cash was being returned to its rightful owner. “We didn’t count it.” […]
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Livermore to hold meeting on recycling, marijuana moratorium
LIVERMORE — A town meeting to address a recycling agreement and a marijuana moratorium ordinance will be held Tuesday, Jan. 10. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. at Spruce Mountain Elementary School on Gibbs Mill Road. Townspeople will consider terminating the agreement with Oxford County Regional Recycling Corp. effective July 1. The corporation was formed […]
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Jay to discuss options on firefighter pay scale
JAY — Selectpersons will discuss the Fire Rescue Department’s pay scale at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9, at the Town Office. The discussion stems from an increase in the minimum wage, from $7.50 an hour to $9 per hour, effective Saturday. The wage increases to $10 per hour Jan. 1, 2018; $11 per hour Jan. […]
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Franklin County welcomes first baby
FARMINGTON — Jemma Jade Gauthier is Franklin County’s first baby of 2017, arriving at 4:53 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, at Franklin Memorial Hospital. She weighed 5 pounds, 13 ounces. Dr. Jennifer Zeliger of Franklin Health Women’s Care attended Jemma’s birth. Jemma is the first child of Lydia and Christopher Gauthier of New Sharon, and the first […]
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Turner’s preliminary budget up slightly
TURNER — Town Manager Kurt Schaub provided selectmen Tuesday with a preliminary 2017-18 budget that is nearly $7,700 more than last year’s $2.67 million. The Budget Committee will meet Jan. 9 to begin hammering out details of the spending plan. Voters have their say on it in April. In other business, selectmen reviewed a list of 11 […]
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Marlee Johnston annual ski race Saturday
READFIELD — The snow conditions couldn’t be better for the annual Alpine ski race in memory of Marlee Johnston on Saturday at the O’Connor Alpine Training Center. Ted Johnston, Marlee’s father, described the conditions as “fantastic.” “In comparison to last year, we barely got the slopes open for the race with so little natural snowfall,” he […]
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Wilton man pleads not guilty to escape, robbery
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man denied Tuesday that he assaulted a deputy, escaped from a jail van, forced his way into a Wilton home and assaulted a resident before stealing her Jeep on March 1, 2016. Derek Cook, 31, pleaded not guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to 11 charges on which he was indicted […]
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Franklin County Commission may eliminate funding requests
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners have authorized letters notifying agencies that their requests for county funding in 2017-18 may be reduced or eliminated. Commission Chairman Charles Webster of Farmington asked County Clerk Julie Magoon on Tuesday to draft the letters. The county funded 10 requests for a total of $171,200 in 2016-17. The requests from […]
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Appeals Board lacks authority to change road name
CHESTERVILLE — The Appeals Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to refer a road-name-change request back to the Planning Board, based on information from the Maine Municipal Association. The Appeals Board took no action last month on the request from Scott and Megan Heikkinen to change the name of a right of way from Turner Interval […]
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Nomination papers available in Chesterville
CHESTERVILLE — Nomination papers for three seats on the Board of Selectmen are available at the Town Office, 409 Dutch Gap Road. The openings are for a one-year term held by Tyler Jenness; a three-year term held by Guy Iverson; and a one-year term left by Paul Caldwell who resigned in December 2016. Town Clerk […]